IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Park Road Industrial Estate, CONSETT, DH8 5PY

Introduction

This page details the photographs taken nearby to Park Road Industrial Estate, DH8 5PY by members of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Image Map


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Notes
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Image Listing (52 Images Found)

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Image
Details
Distance
1
Former bank building, Blackhill
This building is on the corner of Park Road and Bessemer Street. It is now a Christian meeting house but was previously Lloyds Bank.
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 15 May 2015
0.08 miles
2
Industrial relic, Consett
The British Steel works at Consett closed down in 1980. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consett_Iron_Company
Image: © Pauline E Taken: 12 Apr 2014
0.11 miles
3
Old slag ladle
This stands on Genesis Way in Consett as a memorial to the former Consett Iron Company which occupied this site until 1983. The housing estate here is part of the redevelopment of the site.
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 3 Jun 2016
0.12 miles
4
Allotment Gardens
Image: © Alex McGregor Taken: 3 Jun 2014
0.14 miles
5
View over a snowy landscape in Consett
Looking to the NW from the hillside above Genesis Way across to the northern side of the Derwent Valley. The houses below are Fawcett Park, on the old Consett Ironworks site.
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 11 Feb 2021
0.14 miles
6
Dale Street
Image: © Alex McGregor Taken: 3 Jun 2014
0.14 miles
7
Bessemer Street, Blackhill
A reminder of Consett's past as a steel town. The Bessemer process was the first large scale method of producing steel, although I think Consett used the open hearth method mostly.
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 25 Oct 2017
0.15 miles
8
The Scotch Arms, Blackhill
Local pub on Derwent Street, in Blackhill, a suburb of Consett.
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 25 Oct 2017
0.15 miles
9
Consett Park Bowling Club
One of the two greens.
Image: © Pauline E Taken: 12 Apr 2014
0.15 miles
10
Site of Blackhill Station
View southward, towards Bishop Auckland (via Tow Law) and Durham. Station served by passenger trains from Bishop Auckland (withdrawn north of Tow Law 5/39), Newcastle via Lintz Green until 1/2/54 (goods 11/11/63) and lastly from Newcastle via Birtley and Consett until 23/5/55 when station and lines were closed.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 6 Sep 1970
0.16 miles
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